NOCTURNE: "Every nights she awakens from dreams where she's someone else, living a completely different life -- but is she time travelling, entering a different universe, or... The truth is more sinister than that. She holds Classified Status as a Special Weapons Specialist and unknowingly, unwillingly, has sacrificed more than she could imagine -- or ever bear, if only she knew... And if finding out the truth doesn't end her, well -- there are those who will." On the other side of town, a young girl goes through her days as if in a dream. She doesn't know how she is aware of this, but her life is like some sort of script, a construct where all the people closest to her are playing bit parts. She gradually realizes that she is in some sort of danger, and there might be no one in her life whom she can trust. The connection between Paige and this young woman is not immediately clear, but one thing is certain: They must BOTH put together the pieces of their share of this deadly puzzle if they want to stay alive. Readers of BLOODPACT, another title by Valda DeDieu, will enjoy seeing again Maddie, the Female Police chief of the (invented) SBPD, i.e. South Beach Police Department. Please note: there is NO SBPD, but the Miami Beach Police Department, which as far as I know, is still headed by a man. But one can dream... *Jess's full story in NOCTURNAL (Young Adult ).